the most wonderful country in the world long before any of this happened. wow. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" starts right now. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" live from minneapolis. breaking news tonight. cia director david petraeus is out. rich people in this country better get their wallets out. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> the american people voted for action. not politics as usual. >> the president drops the hammer. no deal unless the rich start paying their fair share. we'll bring you the latest on today's major power play by president obama. >> it's time to get back to work. hatred and racism explode following the president's re-election. professor michael eric dyson puts it all into perspective. and bill clinton may have saved barack obama's second term. tonight, comedian darryl hammon tells us how bubba did it. >> barack obama is the only

democratic nominee for president. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. president obama stepped out to talk about the economy today. he reminded america that there was an election on tuesday. and the people have spoken. the president spoke from the eastroom of the white house surrounded by middle class americans. he's ready to lead on fiscal challenges facing this country. >> the american people voted for action. not politics as usual. you elected us to focus on your jobs. not ours. and in that spirit, identify invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. >> no heavy hand, no arrogance whatsoever. if there's one word to sum up the president's presentation today, it's this. consistent. the guy who gave the speech is the same guy who we watched on

the campaign trail for the past seven months. americans want cooperation when it comes to a deal on the united states economy. and the president is delivering his side of the bargain. >> we can't just cut our way to prosperity. if we're serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue. and that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes. that's how we did it. >> the facts just aren't with the republicans on this issue of tax cuts. the republican, or should i say the congressional budget office just published a report saying that there's no danger to the economy if the tax cuts for wealthy americans are allowed to expire. even with a political mandate, the president insisted that he will listen to all options. he's ready to deliver the balanced approach to debt reduction that he campaigned on. >> i want to be clear, i'm not whetted to every detail of my plan.

i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. i'm not going to do that. >> the president is even willing to talk about reforms to medicare and medicaid. he left social security out of his speech today. senator chuck schumer appeared on this network this morning and said social security will most likely not be a part of any deal. >> i think on social security you'll find more resistance for one reason. it's not part of the deficit. it's not part of the -- if you were to increase revenues in social security, or decrease costs, that would not go into deficit reduction. it would go somewhere else. >> the democrats are in the

driver's seat on this issue. there's one republican who has the power to make sure a deal is cooperative and satisfying to the american people. it's house speaker john boehner. he needs to decide if he takes this country over the fiscal cliff by refusing to bend on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. as of now, he still says tax cuts are off the table. >> raising taxes on small businesspeople is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about it? >> i've made clear -- >> the wealthier americans pitch in here. >> -- yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, frankly, it couldn't even pass the house. >> boehner is boxing himself in by taking all tax increases off the table. today, the president repeated his intention to pass a bill keeping the tax cuts on anyone with income under $250,000. >> the senate has already passed a bill doing exactly this. all we need is action from the

house. i've got the pen ready to seen sign the bill right away. i'm ready to do it. >> house republicans are going to have a lot of explaining to do if they don't cut tax -- if they don't pass tax cut extensions on the american people who need it the most. american's labor coalition made it clear it will support the president in an effort to strike this deal. "washington post" greg sergeant wrote, i'm told that the associations are putting together a major push including television ads to pressure congress to adopt a fiscal cliff approach that doesn't do any harm to medicare and medicaid and social security and includes higher taxes from the wealthy. white house officials told abc's jake tapper they're confident a deal will be struck. tapper wrote "one scenario included the president barn storming the country telling the public the democrats will put forward a bill to restore middle class tax cuts." this is same scenario senator

bernie sanders laid out on this program here on "the ed show" last night. tuesday's election made it clear. what direction this country wants to take when it comes to deficit reduction. republicans need to decide whether they are with the american people on this big deal. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, should the president give in to republican demands? text "a" for yes, text "b" for no to 622639. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and leave some comments. of course, we'll bring you the results later on in the show. i'm joined tonight by congressman john larson of connecticut. also with with us this evening, congressman john garamendi of california. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. there's a lot of news out there. we got a lot to cover. first, congressman larson, i want to ask you, about this barn storming tour that is being suggested that the president

might do, will this put pressure on lawmakers, would public pressure make a difference at this point? >> well, i think it's important that the president be out there and i think it would only enhance the opportunity for us coming to solutions. it's clear that what the american public wants to see is a congress working toward solutions that will put them back to work and, ed, you've emphasized this over and over again on your show. look it, a job creation equals deficit reduction. and so putting -- and this is something that everyone can agree on in the congress. they wouldn't even take up the president's bill. let's take up that job creation bill. let's signal to the american public and to the entire world that this nation is going back to work and we know that lowering that unemployment rate will drop the deficit and produce a better society. and also with regard to taxes, that we have a clear path

forward here. everybody, again, agrees that the middle class deserves this tax cut especially in these very difficult times. and as the president says, he has the pen, let's be ready to act. i think he can make that case. he's got the bully pulpit and i hope he does. >> no doubt about it. congressman garamendi, what is john boehner's next move? what do you think is going to happen? >> well, he's going to meet with the president. they're going to meet next week and i think he's going to have to face the reality that either now, that is in the lame duck session or shortly thereafter, there are 200-plus democratic votes ready to go on the president's plan. that's about 18 republicans that we would need. and boehner has to understand that we actually must work across the aisle to solve this problem. otherwise we're not going to get it done. the american public demands that we work together. just imagine what we could do if

we actually worked together. we can solve some real serious problems. we could do the american jobs act and we could do the infrastructure, we could rebuild new york and new jersey, desperately needed there. serious investment needs to be made on our infrastructure. we've got a lot of work to do. can only do that if we work across the aisle and get on. the president has laid out a very good starting point to get the negotiations under way. >> yeah, no doubt. congressman larson, do you think that there are any republicans in their caucus that will come over and work with the president and do the right thing to address this? or is this going to be another all-republican fraternal order to be followed by john boehner? >> no, i do believe that there are many decent, caring republicans, and i think we have two shining examples to point to. most recently, chris christie in the crisis came together with the president and demonstrated that when we work together, much can be accomplished. and certainly you would have to focus on mitt romney's concession speech. and his call to the spirit of the american people. look, roads, bridges, as john garamendi knows and the things that need to be done with our

infrastructure aren't democrat or republican. they're american at their heart. and we know that we have a window of opportunity here. it's not the time to kick the can down the road. it's the time to come together and act as americans. and we've seen stellar examples of what can be. and i'm heartened, i think we will have republicans that join us. >> i hope so. we've got some other breaking news tonight out of washington. the director of the cia, general david petraeus, announced his resignation. in a statement he wrote "after being married for over 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair, such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband and as a leader of an organization such as ours. this afternoon the president graciously accepted my resignation." president obama received the resignation yesterday but took 24 hours before accenting it. "going forward, my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly

petraeus, who has done so much to help military families through her own work. i wish them the very best." nbc news reported the fbi is investigating the author of petraeus' biography, paula broadwell for improper access to the general's e-mail. let's go back to john garamendi and also john larson. congressman garamendi, what is your reaction to this news? >> well, first, very, very sad. this is an extraordinary individual who has served this country in an extremely difficult circumstances. as a general and leading the war in afghanistan and also in iraq. we'll just have to think really good things for him and his family going forward. obviously he has resigned and this is a difficult situation. and proving once again i think none of us are above making a mistake along the way. it's really a sad situation. >> yeah. congressman larson, does this

complicate the president's upcoming cabinet shakeup? >> well, certainly i agree with john and certainly i think the tone that the president set in his remarks are keeping with the spirit of a great american and someone who served the country extraordinarily well. you can only ache for the situation that's taken place. and clearly let us hope also that this, with respect to the president getting through all of his nominations at the senate with the pick-up of seats there that there's a better temperament in the senate to dealing with what the public has rightfully seen as a second term for the president. >> petraeus is being replaced by interim deputy director michael morrell. congressman garamendi, will this affect cia operations? we have pretty heavy stuff going on in the world. it seems to me this is not too seamless. your thoughts on it. >> well, i think it will not be -- no, i think it's going to go on well. the cia is an organization that

well structured and will carry on its work. obviously the direction that it will take and the leadership that it has had with general petraeus will be lost, but the deputy is a very strong individual, very capable, and will be able to carry on. and as you just said in the previous discussion with mr. larson, there will be in the next two months, three months, the opportunity for the president to appoint a new director. that confirmation should come quickly from the senate. hopefully they won't hold it up there. there is the problem of the benghazi situation that could make this more complex. hopefully it won't. that should be quickly put behind us. we need to move on. the cia is extremely important.

>> yeah. >> and we need to move on. and get on with protecting this nation and finding out the things we need to know. >> well, congressman larson, general petraeus was expected to testify next week in front of the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors. what does this mean? now he's not going to testify unless he's subpoenaed. what do you -- do you think he needs to step forward or is he just now a citizen and going on about his way? >> well, i think he's a citizen going on his way. i think the point john garamendi makes that certainly the cia is very capable and very competent and i think will provide the hearing and the information that is needed. i think in part people probably would like to see general petraeus come forward and testify behind closed doors because of what he knows. i'm sure his staff is equipped and prepared with regard to that. with regard to these very

sensitive situations as they unfold. >> okay. congressman john larson and john garamendi, great to have you with us tonight here on "the ed show." appreciate your time. >> thanks, ed. >> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and facebook. we always want to know what you think. former u.s. navy joe sestak joins me to weigh in on the resignation of the cia director david petraeus. stay tuned. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc.

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and welcome back to "the ed show." details keep unfolding on the resignation of cia director david petraeus who cited an extramarital affair as the reason for his decision. here's nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, richard engel, today talking about an fbi investigation of petraeus' biographer paula broadwell. >> also we've learned from law enforcement sources and law enforcement officials that the fbi is now investigating and this is an ongoing investigation, into paula broadwell. she is someone who has had close access to general petraeus. she was his biographer and wrote a book on general petraeus called "all in." she's spent extensive time with

him in afghanistan, has made numerous television appearances talking about general petraeus. she's gone running with him. the fbi investigation is seeing whether she had improper access to the general -- to general petraeus' e-mails and may have had access to his -- may have accidentally or deliberately had access to classified information. >> here's biographer paula broadwell talking about general petraeus in january of this year. >> when i was in kabul, we would do a lot of interviews on runs. for him it was a good distraction from the war. you know, of course, he's a bit concerned as someone in his position would be about legacy and he also, you know, came at it from a mentoring point of view and wanted to help me with this project. >> according to "slate" president obama agonized for 24 hours before accepting general petraeus' resignation. let's bring in former congressman joe sestak, also a former u.s. navy vice admiral

who worked in navy intelligence. joe, good to have you with us tonight. this is pretty gut wrenching for the cia community, but what does this do, if anything serious to the intelligence community? >> there's not a question that the intelligence community is going to move on. we learned in the military and general petraeus was one of the finest generals of this generation. nobody is irreplaceable. he did the absolute right thing to hand in his resignation. while it is understandable for the president not to want to accept it, he was correct to accept it. this is what we learn in the military, accountability. >> here's his statement. "after being married for over 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband and as a leader of an organization such as ours. this afternoon, the president

graciously accepted my resignation." through that statement, joe, it sounds like he did some real soul searching there. do you think that's what happened? >> without a question. look, we learn in the military that you don't separate your personal standards from your professional ones. if someone who works for you finds out that you're lying in your personal life, how can they trust you in your professional life? we learn as great leaders, and he was a very good leader, that with responsibility goes authority, and with them both goes accountability. and why some people may think that this kind of accountability is cruel, actually if the men and women who follow you actually think that you are above accountability, then they lose trust in you and if you lose their confidence, order dissolves into chaos. no, i think this is something, while it may seem cruel to some, that the general did the absolute right thing as the

president did. and i think that as people who are in political life, in our civil society, not just politicians, might take aboard this sense of accountability because i would argue that's what's most missing in america today and what they want in their leaders. >> yeah. general petraeus was supposed to testify next week on benghazi. and you can imagine the speculation that will swirl around this that he stepped out of this position before he had to go in front of the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors. do you have any comment on that? >> sure. there's absolutely nothing that general petraeus would have done wrong professionally that would have even had the hint of politics. as some were saying about that whole benghazi issue. general petraeus always strove, always strived to be the best that he could both in his professional responsibilities and in this case when he didn't match it, in his personal side, he handed in his resignation. look, that's the mark of this man, and i think that anybody who thinks that he's doing this

to avoid any type of accountability with benghazi just doesn't understand what he trained and what he strived to be like as a wonderful general. >> joe, what about the fact that petraeus is not under fbi investigation but someone else is? how normal is it for the fbi to investigate the cia? >> well, i -- if they think there is some sort of crime that has occurred, and in my limited understanding of what's happened, this began because someone had a belief that general petraeus' computer had somehow been compromised which then led to this next step. that the fbi does crimes, not the cia. and so this is the proper course to take, and, look, again, transparency and accountability is what we most want in our leadership. look, this is tough, ed. you and i both know it. to a general who's done so much for this nation. but i'll tell you, ed, i think this shows what kind of a man he was that, yeah, he did his soul searching but handed in his

resignation. that's what we're trained to do as good leaders. people should take a lesson from that. >> joe sestak, good to have you with us tonight on "the ed show." appreciate it so much. >> absolutely. coming up, a coal boss announces a series of layoffs. he's blaming president obama's re-election. find out how workers are paying the price for a ceo's personal politics. and it got pretty ugly out there following the re-election of our first african-american president. msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson will weigh in on the racist reactions around the country.

thanks for staying with us tonight. the leader of a company is making good on a preelection threat. he's taking his republican frustrations out on his workers. remember this guy? robert murray? he is the ceo of one of the country's largest privately held coal companies. well, he's laying off 163 workers in the state of ohio, utah, and illinois. you see, murray blames president obama's re-election. he says the president is waging a war on coal. one worker posted this message on readit. "i was laid off because president obama was re-elected." murray is the ceo who reportedly forced miners to attend this romney rally in august. the miners claim they were not paid for showing up. about 100 of the laid off employees work for the division which ran the crandall canyon mine. the mine collapsed in 2007.

nine people died. murray's company agreed to pay $1 million in civil penalties. bob murray insists he cares about people. >> it's a human issue, ma'am, because he's destroying the lives and the livelihoods of many people that i know by name. >> murray is not the only businessowner trying to turn the president into a scapegoat. >> yesterday i called all my part-time employees in and said because obama won, i was cutting their hours from 30 to 25 a week so i would not fall under the obama care mandate. >> one website tried to drum up fear with this misleading headline. "obama re-election triggers massive layoffs" totally untrue, not a single business on this list blamed layoffs on the election. unfortunately, this is a tough year for american workers. the bureau of labor -- tough time of year for american workers. the bureau of labor statistics says most layoffs happen during

the fourth quarter this time of year. it's been true since 1996, no matter who gets elected. if a boss like bob murray is this appointed in the election, he shouldn't take it out on his employees. this is about as mean spirited as you can get. now, think about it. what in the world to you think happened between tuesday and friday in the coal industry that would force this mean-spirited owner to get rid of 163 workers? just because the black guy won? joining me tonight is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america. larry, good to have you with us tonight. >> yep. >> what is your reaction to bob murray blaming the layoffs on the president? what's happening here? >> you know, i think it's a question of what kind of democracy are we going to have and most importantly, you know, what are our rights at work? and over the last several decades you see no lines at all in terms of what is proper in the workplace and abuse of

authority by employers. the kind of intimidation in the election that you talked about. the citizens united case from the supreme court. decades of decisions in our courts saying that when it comes to workers organizing, anything employers do is free speech. that in citizens united money is free speech. and many of us believe corporations are not people, money is not speech, and we're going to build a movement to take back our democracy and fight these kinds of outrageous behaviors. >> what kind of movement are you talking about? what can happen? >> i'm talking about a broad-based movement that says what we said earlier. that we need to reform, if necessary, the constitution, itself, that the founders did not mean that money was speech. they meant that all of us should have an equal right to participate in our society. not that there were super rights for the super rich. we see that in the president's announcement today that, for example, he's not going to stand

by and see tax giveaways to the 2%. that he is going to defend social security, medicare and medicaid. it's all about what kind of democracy are we going to have. are we going it have universal voter registration or make it impossible for people to vote? why do we have 600,000 ballots in arizona that weren't counted yet? these are all key questions for us and i think many of us, whether labor or civil rights, or environmentalists or youth, lgbt, we need to get together, build a democracy movement, say to workers in the area of energy or anywhere els you're not alone. you're not alone. we'll be there as consumers and build a movement for the democracy we all want. >> i mean, do you expect more ceos to take their frustrations out on employees because president obama won election? and what does it say about these people about how ruthless they can be? >> not only are they ruthless, but they're not paying attention

to the demand side of the economy. i mean, president obama is committed, as are most of those, you know, on the winning side of this election, to a growth economy, not an austerity economy. if you had an austerity economy based on cuts, cuts, cuts, whether jobs or pay, that's when business should be worried because demand side will continue to collapse. when you have an election won predominantly by those who favor growth you should be ready to invest. we were cheered in our union by at&t's announcement on wednesday. they're going to invest $5 billion extra each of the next three years to build out broadband in rural america. we need employers to show that kind of leadership in all sectors that we're ready to bring back the american dream. we're ready to create jobs. we're ready to stand by america's workers. >> all right. communication workers of american president larry cohen with us tonight here on "the ed show." appreciate your time so much. thank you. there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show."

stay right with us. coming up, professor michael eric dyson on the racial outbursts following the president's re-election. >> are you a racist? >> no. i'm not. >> it sounds like you're a racist. >> it does. righties blame tuesday on an uninformed electorate. we'll show you why the exact opposite is true. 

good to have you back with us. thanks for watching tonight. history was made tuesday night when the re-election of the first african-american president. and with it came a surge of racist language on social media. sites like buzzfeed and zezabell have been collecting racist tweets to show the ugliness that is out there around america. the blog floating sheet went even further and came up with this map, actually pinpointing where these racist tweets with coming from. primarily red states in the

southeastern portion of the united states. as "time" magazine put it "alabama, mississippi, scored worst with eight times more racist tweets than the national average. according to the study, georgia, north dakota, louisiana, tennessee, missouri, west virginia, and minnesota all rated, ranked three to four times above the national average in terms of prevalence of ray sis tweets. among those ten states, only minnesota voted for president obama." one california woman's racist facebook post got her fired from her job and prompted outrage from her community. >> fired over this twitter post. a screen shot of helms' facebook page, a page helms said she had set to private. the "n" word. are you a racist? >> no, i'm not. >> it sounds like you're a racist. >> it does. >> not only did denise helms use the "n" word, she wrote about assassination, threatening the president, of course, is a felony.

helms tried to explain her motives. >> the assassination part is kind of harsh and i don't, like, i'm not saying i would go do that or anything like that by any means, but if were to happen i don't think i would care one bit. >> she later dialed back her language but the damage had been done. according to the "los angeles times" the secret service is investigating the matter. racial hatred also made its way to the campus of old miss. tuesday night university of mississippi students came out and protested president obama's re-election. some were shouting racial slurs and lit obama campaign signs on fire. one student offered details to wlbt. >> says the group shot fire crackers, walked to the grove and back and shouted racial remarks. two were arrested when police were called to disperse a crowd of about 400 people. >> these protests follow the 50th anniversary of violent

rioting at ole miss over the enrollment of the university's first black student, james meredith. let's talk to michael eric dyson, msnbc political analyst and professor of sociology at georgetown university. professor, good to have you with us. with so much hatred out there, this is a depressing story. you would think people would be celebrating this and moving the country forward. which brings me to the question, is there any chance of acceptance or is this just the way it's always going to be? >> well, among a certain, a minority of people, i think, ed, this will persist. the reality is is that a great swath if you will of american whites did cast a vote for barack obama. not the majority, to be sure. but enough to make a difference. because if you look at what got obama into office, if it was a sandwich, we'd call it ham on white. "h," hispanics and latinos. "a," african-americans. "m," the millennials. and white women. the old school, old style

tradition of white men being central and dominant. whiteness is being dissipated. what's coming together is a collection of progressive whites along with latinos and african-americans and young people who are forging a connection to a broader future. and a bridge to a brighter horizon of possibility for us politically. at the same time, it's discouraging when we see young people like miss helms and other people at the university of mississippi really serve up anew this old-style racism that is really a nasty assault, not only upon the president, but upon african-american identity and upon minority identity in general. >> you know, i think there were some questionable things during the campaign, as well. for instance, the republican presidential nominee was sending john sununu out to stir up the racial fears. how tough will it be to move forward without leadership from the conservatives?

>> the conservatives will lead or be left behind. the reality is look at the ungracious character of mitt romney's concession speech. he didn't embrace president obama as the person to lead us forward. he didn't throw his full weight behind him. he didn't talk about this new vision for the country that we could forge together in the crucible of our actions politically and in terms of democracy. he was really, again, a selfish narcissistic kind of person. and the extraordinary narcissism collectively speaking of white men in control is really facing the erosion of a broader movement that says we're not going to stand for that anymore. so the republican party will either lead or they will be left behind. they will become outdated dinosaurs dealing with the relics of the past and who can't deal with what's going on in the future. they will be left behind but they will be kicking and screaming as we see now with

bitter language that denounces our president and collectively the aspirations of african-americans and others. >> but if the republican party doesn't change, and if their leadership doesn't change, and if they don't think differently on this issue of diversity and race and acceptance, and they stand by idle, doesn't that fuel extremist groups to feel emboldened to do more things than what we've seen? >> absolutely. dr. king said it's the silence of good people that's even more destructive than the vicious behavior of those who are bigots. a bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments. these people are worshipping at the alter of their ideas. you're absolutely right. their refusal to say this is wrong, like john mccain did, no, ma'am, he's not somebody who's an arab, not non-american, he's an extraordinary person. that's what we have to have from the republican party otherwise they're fueling and fostering and facilitating a vicious reality. it's not a democracy. >> professor michael eric dyson. thanks for being with us tonight. thanks so much. coming up, conservatives are

desperate to explain how mitt romney could have lost this election. and you won't believe the third-string excuses they're handing out. stay with us. still to come, wisconsin

still to come, wisconsin u.s. senator ron johnson says an uninformed electorate voted for president obama? we'll debunk the right wing's latest excuse for the president's re-election next. stay tuned.

welcome back to "the ed show." after months of convincing themselves that mitt romney would take the white house, conservatives are desperate to explain how in the heck did this happen. the blame game started before the election was even called. and only got worse as the reality of the obama second term sunk in. >> the demographics are changing. it's not a traditional america anymore. the white establishment is now the minority.

>> hurricane sandy saved barack obama's presidency. >> i think that bipartisan photo op with the republican governor of new jersey, chris christie, also kind of damaged mitt's narrative. >> he succeeded by suppressing the vote. >> that's just a sampling, my friends. the conspiracy theories are predictable. it was the mainstream media, partisan fact checking, biased debate moderators, it was their fault. one of my favorite excuses came from senator ron johnson. i found this interesting. in an interview with "the associated press" he said, "if you aren't properly informed, if you don't understand the problems facing the nation you are that much more prone to falling prey to demagoguing solutions and the problem with demagoguing solutions is they don't work. i am concerned about people who don't fully understand the very ugly math we are facing in this country." so because the electorate is uninformed they went out and

voted for president obama. the top ten best educated states meaning they had the highest percentage of residents 25 or older with a college degree or more, they all voted for president obama with the exception of nevada. the ten worst educated states they voted for governor romney. senator, i don't know how anybody can buy this. governor romney lost because 55% of women voted for president obama. 73% of asians voted for the president. 93% of african-americans voted for president obama and 71% of latinos voted for president obama. the truth is simple but facts aren't something the republican party pays attention to. tonight in our survey i asked should the president give in to republican demands? 3% say yes. 97% say no. coming up, he was the longest running cast member in

the history of saturday night live. the great darrell hammond.

governor mitt romney broke the bad news to his supporters before being asked to pose for his family pictures. that's a good looking punch.

>> this was no land slide. it was like a 41-49. just because open won the blue states up here, he's the president of all of them now. romney won in that red stuff. why don't we elect our president on square footage. >> the outcome of this country was great for the middle class but not for comedy. >> that's it. that's the election. it is your choice america. for me it's a win-win. if it's obama, america wins. if it's romney, comedy wins. >> some comedians say it's hard to make fun of president obama but it's easy to take cracks at his critics. most of fox news channel is still easy targets.

>> i have a good authority from an african national that i met at a rain forest cafe that president obama has been texting with some of the world's top terrorists including jafar and the riddler. >> hold on, donald. aren't those fictional characters? >> if they are release the records mr. president. >> joining me now is comedian and saturday night live alum darrell hammond. he's the author of god if you're up there which is now out there in paper book. this is dick cheney. i'd like to ask you what your book is all about. is there a particular reason why you wrote this?

>> i thought i was talking to dick cheney for a second. it's been a while. how are you mr. vice president? >> i got a new heart. i'm going pretty good. i'm thinking about buying your book. is there any chance it's any good? >> it's really not much of a chance. it wasn't in the new york times best seller but what do they know. >> good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> we don't have a treasure-trove of people that can do good stuff like you used to do bill clinton. >> what does that mean we don't have a treasure-trove? >> i was trying but i haven't gotten along very well. >> i'm waiting for the reagan. i'm waiting on that. >> well, nobody did clinton better than you. i can't think of anybody who does anybody else that good in this political arena right now. why not? >> i don't know.

i haven't been in the game for a while. i thought it was hard when i did it and i imagine it's hard thing to do. >> is there anybody out there you'd like to start working on or who is good material? >> no. i wrote a book. i'm writing another one. i don't know. i'm sorry. i don't know. who is out there. >> you wrote a very funny book, right. it had some serious issues as well. what made you write the book? >> i think the book is about contracts between perpetrators and victims. i wanted to write the book my whole life. i wanted till some of the principles involved died and then i wrote it.

>> based on your own struggles with substance abuse and mental health are we handling treatment of these issues in a decent way in this country? >> i think substance abuse is a symptom of some undiagnosed illness of some kind. there's some good doctors out there. i was fortunate that i had enough money to hire one of those for a couple of months and worked out well for me. >> what's you're future hold other than another book? what do you want to do? >> i give speeches about the book and i go to meetings about this book. at these meetings people talk about things they want to do with this book. i'm going to do more of that. i don't have anything more to report for you right now. that's what i've been doing. >> all right. good to have you on the "ed show." rachel maddow starts now.